Modifying the Recycling Policy

Precautions

• The recycling policy is enabled by default and cannot be disabled. Instances in the recycle bin are retained for 7 days by default, and this will not incur any charges.
• Up to 100 instances can be moved to the recycle bin. Once the recycle bin is full, you can still delete instances, but they cannot be placed in the recycle bin, so the deletions will be permanent.
• You can modify the retention period, and the changes only apply to the instances deleted after the changes, so exercise caution when performing this operation.
• Recycling and backup cannot be performed when a node is in the UNKNOWN state.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Document Database Service.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Recycle Bin.
5. On the Recycle Bin page, click Modify Recycling Policy. In the displayed dialog box, set the retention period for the deleted DB instances (range: 1 to 7 days). Then, click OK.
   Figure 1 Modify Recycling Policy